Summer in the City - Lovin Spoonful

Summer in the City
Written by: John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone


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Lyrics:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, Isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, In the city, In the summer,
In the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so sharp and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing at a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you at the rooftop.

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright
And Babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, In the city, In the summer,
In the city

Singers:
1. The Lovin' Spoonful (billboard hot 100) July 1966 2. The Standells 1966 3. The Ventures 1966 4. Mike Melvoin 1966 5. Bobby Vee and The Strangers 1966 6. Del Shannon 1966 7. Bud Shank 1967 8. Sandy Edmonds 1967 9. The Artie Schroeck Implosion 1967 10. Marmalade December 1968 11. The Jon Bartel Thing October 1971 12. B.B. King 1972 13. Quincy Jones 1973 14. Nature 1974 15. The Stampeders 1975 16. The Drifters 1976 17. We Five [1] 1978 18. Red Face February 1980 19. Comateens 1981 20. Tim Curry 1981 21. The Flying Pickets August 1985 22. The Sting [1] 1987 23. Eat [1] August 1989 24. David Essex March 1993 25. Joe Cocker 1994 26. Isaac Hayes 1995 27. The Stranglers January 27, 1997 28. Butthole Surfers 1999 29. Joe Jackson May 6, 2000 30. The Charades 2002 31. Radio 2 Band 2003 32. Swinger Club 2004 33. Styx May 10, 2005 34. Manfred Mann's Earth Band July 28, 2005 35. Incognito October 2, 2006 36. Black Casino and the Ghost January 9, 2009 37. J.F. Sebastian 2010 38. Harry Sacksioni May 24, 2012

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